Everyday I come closer to death
Gasping for air with every breath
The cold reality of all my fears
Tears me down and moves me to tears
It has always been hard for me
Maybe something you could not see
Solitude a cunning friend
Crafting the means to a lonely end
I have chosen life in this way
Avoiding the perils of each new day
Turning hope into agony
The depression has taken me...

Take me to see the angels
So I may pluck the feathers from their wings
Come to me and I will bring you down
Sometimes I dream of being alive
But the feeling quickly passes
Take away my pain so I may feel joy again

I hold the handle of a knife
That I may take my own life
Everyday my heart aches such as this
Oh how I long for joy's gentle kiss
But here I lie cold and alone
Where the tears are for my own
Trapped in this dark cell
A shadowy place I know too well

Under the beauty of an ethereal moon
In a raging sea of endless gloom
Ebony dreams fade into the night
Beyond my grasp they take their flight

Take me to see the angels
So I may pluck the feathers from their wings
Come to me and I will bring you down
Sometimes I dream of being alive
But the feeling fades… it fades
Take away my pain so I may feel joy again

3. The Shadows Follow (5:29)

The shadows follow me
They hold me within their grasp
Hiding me from hungry eyes
I’m a silhouette of a man
Forgotten before I’m ever known
Dying as I live my life
It is lonely here in this darkness
I try and sleep the pain away

In the darkness, hear me cry
In the darkness I live to die
In the darkness, I will wallow
In the darkness, the shadows follow

My hopes and dreams lie dead
Beneath a veil of black
I know death lurks nearby
Watching me... waiting for me...
I’ve tried a million times
To find a place to hide
No matter what I do
The shadows will follow

No emotion inside of me
Everything is so obscure
I cannot tell what is real

The sun begins to fade away
As the music slowly dies
I dream of you as I fade away

4. The Demons Therein (5:11)

I thought I slew them all
But they surround me
In the dead of night
Whispering their intentions
Into my weakening ears
So dark and so cruel
They bring me down
Oh, they bring me down

I find them hiding deep
In the morning light
Waiting to return again
Their voices are hollow
Echoing through my mind
So dark and so cruel
They bring me down
Oh, they bring me down

They burden me with dark thoughts
Ripping and tearing me apart
So that I am dead to the world

5. Wither Away (7:08)

I thought I slew them all
But they surround me
In the dead of night
Whispering their intentions
Into my weakening ears
So dark and so cruel
They bring me down
Oh, they bring me down

I find them hiding deep
In the morning light
Waiting to return again
Their voices are hollow
Echoing through my mind
So dark and so cruel
They bring me down
Oh, they bring me down

They burden me with dark thoughts
Ripping and tearing me apart
So that I am dead to the world

6. In the Emptiness (5:03)

I dreamt of you again
Arm in arm we walked
We laughed and we smiled
Oh what a beautiful girl
I held you close to me
I dared not let you go

Time was a forgotten word
All that mattered was us
I gazed into your eyes
My whole world died
Awakened to an empty room
A prison of solitude

In the emptiness I bask in sorrow...

7. Without You (6:43)

I can't see
The tears... they blind me
I can't scream
The silence deafening
I can't sleep
The pain runs too deep
I can't feel
It all seems so unreal
So it seems
Everything was taken from me
All I want now
Is you... beside me

And I want you now
More than anything else...
When I think of you
There is nothing else...
And when I close my eyes
All I see is you...
And when I cry
Every tear is for you
How can I go on
Without you...
How can I live my life
Without you...

Still I reach out to no one
I want to be left alone
To bask within my sadness
My time is soon approaching
And I can't live without you
Oh how I wish to be with you